shotgun slugs

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Originally Posted by LeakyBoots

OK I don't want to hijack this thread but I have a kind of related question (which may be almost as stupid). Can you fire shot through a rifled barrel? Imagine you are sitting in your tree stand deer hunting, and a grousse comes out (lets assume everything is in season and legal) - can you swap shells and properly take the grousse, or will this fire poorly or damage/foul the rifled barrel?

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Of course you can.

You'll leave a bit of lead fouling on the rifling, and your pattern will be really open, since there's no choke, but yes.

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Originally Posted by Bluebulldog

Of course you can.

You'll leave a bit of lead fouling on the rifling, and your pattern will be really open, since there's no choke, but yes.

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Good to know - thanks.

Yes you can, but it will not pattern very well. You might try patterning it on a board to see if it will pattern well enough to hit a grouse.
Stu